Artists

Key Stages 1 and 2: Art, Famous Artists; Picasso, Constable, Dali, Epstein, Beaton, Shepherd; also surrealist works by de Chirico, Magritte, Picabia, Bellmar, Freddie, Lepri, Hausner, Brauner, Penrose, Carrington, Tanning, Chagall, Bellvaux, Bosch, Arcimbolo; Fashion, Photography, Portraiture, Sculpture; Exhibitions, Lefevre Gallery; Classical revival versus modernism and abstract art emerging in the mid-20th Century. Questions: How do the conflicting artistic movements reflect wider C20th society? To what extent, if any, can this conflict of tradition and modernism be reconciled in terms of political thought behind the movements?

Nightmare Beachwear AKA Swimwear Breakthrough (1965)

Salvador Dali displays his surreal swimwear collection in Paris!

Cecil Beaton's New Role - Artist (1966)

Cecil Beaton exhibits his paintings at London gallery.

Cecil Beaton Exhibition (1968)

Exhibition of Cecil Beaton's photographs. National Portrait Gallery, London.

Dali Paints Rhino (1955)

Famous Spanish painter Salvador Dali paints rhino.

Salvador Dali - Atomic Artist (1951)

Exhibition of paintings of Salvador Dali in London - Dali talks about his work.

Shepherd, The Painter AKA Shepherd Paintings (1955)

The first exhibition of works of the famous realist painter David Shepherd at the age of 23.

50 Years Of Epstein (1960)

Exhibition of artwork done by Jacob Epstein over a period of 50 years. London.

Pietro Annigoni (1961)

Artist Pietro Annigoni shows us the method of mixing paint with eggs, oil and wine to obtain 'tempera'.

In Constable's Country (1935)

Beautiful Suffolk scenery as we visit the old haunts of painter John Constable.

Exhibition Of Surrealistic Paintings (1964)

Exhibition of surrealist art by international artists including Dali and Magritte

Picasso (1948)

Exhibition of pottery by Pablo Picasso in Paris, France.

Picasso Painting For Unesco (1958)

Artist Pablo Picasso reveals painting for UNESCO, Paris.